Change in '09

There has been a lot of changes in our household recently. Delaney is growing up right in front of our eyes! She is crawling ALL over the place, she is so fast! She is pulling up on everything and it won't be too long before she is walking. She has cut her bottom two teeth, you can see in the above photo. She is starting to get her top two teeth and our home has felt the pain of her teething. Avery never had the typical teething symptoms, she woke up one morning with teeth. Delaney on the other hand has been absolutely miserable. Which for her parents has been painful. She is not sleeping, waking up every 2 hours and giving her parents a rough time. I bought some homeopathic teething tablets which seem to help for the moment.
She is starting to "chew" on a sippy cup, so hopefully soon she will be drinking from it as well. I "threatened" her last night after waking up at 11:00, 1:30 and again at 2:30 that she was being cut off cold turkey from the breast! This morning after thinking a little more clearly and getting a couple hours more sleep, I will give her til she is 1 and then it is up to her to learn to get acquainted with the sippy cup and whole milk.

Other exciting changes...Avery is potty trained. We have been "casually" working on it for a couple of months, much to my surprise, she is the one who was ready to be potty trained. (Brian took the above photo, she will kill when she is older for posting this. I thought it was too cute of both of them to not post it.) I am so excited to be out of diapers. I can't tell you the last time I have changed Avery's poopy diapers! It is great. She still wears a pull-up at night, but is dry during her naps so I think it is only a matter of time. She went to church for the first time in her big girl panties and we were without incident. She will only use the big girl potty and it is a sight watching her climb up onto the toilet! Way to go Avery!

Avery is growing up and out of the toddler stage! She really is a little girl. She is talking more and more each day and amazes us how smart she is! She has been saying such funny things and I need to remind myself to write them down. She is non-stop but is never to busy to be a helper or snuggle with her mommy or daddy. During church a couple of weeks ago, the choir sang and when they were done, Avery yelled..."ALL DONE!!". We were on the third row! The bishopric was laughing and I was mortified. She went with Brian a couple weeks ago to the car wash and she has not stopped talking about it. She tells everyone about how the car is all clean and the birds went poopy on daddy's car.
Last week she had her first ear infection... a week after taking her in for croup! I FORCED Brian into taking her back to the pedi. I refused to be seen in the doctors office, again. I didn't want them to think I was some hypochondriac mother or was stalking the doctor. She is on her third antibiotic since November! ARGH!

Aren't I the luckiest mom in the world! I get to love on them all day long! I am excited for what 2009 will bring. I am hopeful that 2009 will be a bright one.